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Heiligenstatuen am Dom Sankt Salvator

Saint Statues at Fulda Cathedral

Andreas Balthasar Weber
c. 1706

Fulda / Heiligenstatuen am Dom Sankt Salvator

Description

Five sandstone statues at the front façade:

Top: Christus Salvator
Center left: St. Simplicius
Center right: St. Faustinus
Bottom left: St. Bonifatius / St. Boniface as bishop with a bishop's staff and a Bible pierced by a dagger.
Bottom right: St. Sturmius / St. Sturm as abbot, with a mitre, abbot's staff and book.

St. Simplicius

Christus Salvator

St. Faustinus

Annotation

St. Simplicius and Faustinus are, with their sister Beatrix, the traditional patron saints of the bishopric and town of Fulda.
St Sturm (also, Sturmius, Sturmi) was a disciple of Saint Boniface and founder and first abbot of the Benedictine monastery and abbey of Fulda in 742 or 744 (Wikipedia).

Sculptor

Andreas Balthasar Weber.

Sources & Information

Virtueller Rundgang durch den Hohen Dom zu Fulda.
Christiane Spork, 1999, Stadtrundgang Fulda.

Locatie (N 50°33'14" - E 9°40'21") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs039; Photograph: 15 February 2011
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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